Table of Contents
- 1 What does Mercédès plan to do with the rest of her life?
- 2 Who does Monte Cristo end up with?
- 3 How is Valentine saved by the Count of Monte Cristo?
- 4 How is the Count of Monte Cristo avenged?
- 5 Does Mercedes Love Dantes?
- 6 What happened to Albert De morcerf?
- 7 Why does Albert join the Army in the Count of Monte Cristo?
- 8 Why does Albert send word to Franz Debray and Maximilien?
What does Mercédès plan to do with the rest of her life?
Chapter 92: The Mother and Son Albert and Mercédès both plan to leave all their worldly possessions behind and create a new life away from the sins of Fernand. Monte Cristo instructs Mercédès to travel to Marseilles, to the house in which Louis Dantès once lived.
Why did the Count of Monte Cristo want to take revenge?
The Count chose this form of revenge because he knew that Caderousse could not resist the temptation of extra money. The Count punished him in this fashion because Caderousse took away all the money that Dantès left for his father. This loss of money caused Dantès’ father to starve to death.
Who does Monte Cristo end up with?
Mercédès
At the age of nineteen, Edmond Dantès seems to have the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a beautiful and kind young woman, Mercédès, and he is well liked by almost everyone who knows him.
Did Mercédès betray Edmond?
Resigned to the blows that fate deals her, Mercédès acts as a foil to her onetime fiancé, Dantès. Though she is a good and kind woman, her timidness and passivity lead her to betray her beloved and marry another man, Mondego.
How is Valentine saved by the Count of Monte Cristo?
It is thanks to Noirtier that Valentine is not dead. He has been boosting her tolerance to the toxin that Madame de Villefort poisons her with. He does not yet know who the culprit is. It is Monte Cristo who intends to observe Valentine’s room from the house he purchases next door under the alias Abbe Busoni.
What is the significance of the chess piece between Edmond and Mondego?
When Napoleon asked Edmond why he and Fernand exchanged the king chess piece, Edmond told him it signifies being the king of the moment. To which Napoleon responds that the world is made up of either kings or pawns.
How is the Count of Monte Cristo avenged?
While Monte Cristo arranges for his enemies’ destruction, he does not kill them. Instead, he simply arranges for their own sins to destroy them, as Providence would. Monte Cristo intervenes to save Valentine de Villefort and enable her to marry the son of his beloved friend, Maxillian Morrel.
Do Dantes and Mercedes end up together?
A lot of things had to be condensed for the movie, with some characters left out or combined. But the most interesting thing about it is that Dantes ends up with Mercedes in the end. Haydee is left out entirely and Albert turns out to be the son of Dantes, conceived before he was imprisoned.
Does Mercedes Love Dantes?
Initially Dantes’s betrothed, Mercedes marries her cousin Fernand when she believes Dantes will never return from prison. Mercedes is utterly devoted to Dantes; she never wanted to be with Fernand, but she relents to his desires because she doesn’t know what other option might exist for her.
What is the relationship between Valentine de Villefort and Maximilian?
Daughter of M. de Villefort and his first wife, Valentine is the devoted companion of Maximilien Morrel, whom she later pledges to marry. Valentine is pledged again her wishes to Franz, a dashing nobleman of higher birth than young Morrel’s.
What happened to Albert De morcerf?
In Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo, Albert de Morcerf is son to Fernand Mondego—the Count de Morcerf—and Mercédès, who was Edmond Dantès’ former sweetheart. In Chapter 37, Albert has been taken prisoner and is being held for ransom by the Italian bandit, Vampa.
Why does Albert invite the count to visit him?
Albert invites the Count to visit him in Paris, not knowing that the Count was once betrothed to his mother, Mercedes, and that the Count has vowed revenge against Albert’s father, Fernand. Albert becomes a great supporter of, and friend to, the Count in Paris.
Why does Albert join the Army in the Count of Monte Cristo?
Albert thus cultivates a nobility that his father lacks, and he vows to join the army to do what he can to bolster the family’s name after his father’s disgrace and suicide. The The Count of Monte Cristo quotes below are all either spoken by Albert (de Morcerf) or refer to Albert (de Morcerf).
Why does Albert refuse to fight the count in the Count?
But when Albert believes that the Count is behind a supposed smear of his father’s good name in the newspapers, he challenges the Count to a duel. Albert just as quickly retracts this challenge, however, refusing to fight the Count because he has learned that these smears against his father are true.
Why does Albert send word to Franz Debray and Maximilien?
The Count is unavailable when Albert calls, but Albert is told that Monte Cristo plans to go to the opera that evening, so Albert decides to attend the opera also and therefore sends word to Franz, Debray, and Maximilien to meet him there. He plans to use them as witnesses. Later, Albert questions his mother, Mercédès, about Monte Cristo.
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